Category Archives: Skills
Every child needs a good teacher, especially in the early grades
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report Worldwide, 250 million primary school age children are not learning the basics – even though almost half of them are in school. Studies in several countries have shown … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: Messages from youth campaigners to governments on the skills deficit
The Arabic version of the 2012 Global Monitoring Report will be launched today in Cairo, at an event hosted by the League of Arab States. As the last of the regional launches of the Report, the event will also mark the … Continue reading
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On International Women’s Day, let’s make sure education reaches the poorest young women
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report What kind of policy reduces or banishes inequality? International Women’s Day on March 8 is not only a chance to celebrate greater equality for women and highlight inequalities … Continue reading
What’s top of the 2012 global education news?
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The tragic shooting in Pakistan of Malala in the name of girls’ education, the rebuilding of education in South Sudan one year after independence and in Haiti two … Continue reading
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Life skills taught in school vital to reduce risk of HIV and AIDS
Only 7% of school children in E & S Africa have desired level of knowledge on HIV and AIDS On World AIDS Day, new research conducted for the Global Monitoring Report ‘Youth and Skills: Putting education to work’ shows the importance … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Basic education, Developing countries, Health, HIV/AIDS, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Secondary school, Skills
Tagged education, HIV and AIDS, life skills, skills, skills training
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Bangladesh faces a skills development challenge
Afsan Chowdhury, senior communications adviser for the non-government organization BRAC, looks at what Bangladesh needs to do to bridge the skills deficit that is revealed in the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. This article was first published in The Daily Star, … Continue reading
For Ghana’s young, skills are the test of progress
By Kwame Akyeampong, Senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Ghana, which aims to become a middle income country by 2020, continues to receive praise from the international media for its impressive progress. As a Ghanaian who analyses … Continue reading
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Skills, jobs and growth: Let’s tell the world about Korea’s success story
By Pauline Rose, Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report. Originally published in the Korea Herald. As the economic crisis continues to squeeze budgets worldwide, the severe lack of youth skills is more damaging than ever. The world’s … Continue reading
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Investing in the future of our youth
Guest blog by Dr. Qian Tang, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, originally published in China Daily. Twenty years ago there were 183 million illiterate adults in China; 183 million people missing out on the chance to best support themselves and … Continue reading
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Skills for young women: Development that lasts
The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report “Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work” is now available from our website. Travelling through rural areas in countries like Ethiopia, as I did last year, you frequently meet young women who … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Gender, Rural areas, Skills
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